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Thank you for contacting us.

We aim to respond to requests for information within 20 working days, in
accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. 

If your request is for personal information your request will be dealt
with according to the requirements of the Data Protection Act and the
timescale for response may be extended to 40 days.

The Freedom of Information area on our website, [1]www.hastings.gov.uk,
can be accessed via a 'Quick Hit' direct link from the site's home page
and contains advice about how to make a request for information.

Information about all our services, including contact details, location,
and links to information published by services on the site, is available
in the A to Z of Services area which can also be accessed via a 'Quick
Hit' direct link from the site's home page.

Please Note: All Council Offices will be closed from Friday 23rd December
- Tuesday 3rd January 2012 inclusive - your request for information will
not be dealt with during this time.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

With Kind Regards

Information Officer
Hastings Borough Council
01424 451066
[2]www.hastings.gov.uk

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Dear Movya Makambwe,

I refer to your recent request for information from this Authority.  Our
answer(s) to your questions are below.

I trust we have interpreted your request correctly, and this is the
information you required.

You have a right to make a complaint to us if you are not happy with any
aspect of the way we have handled your
request for information.  Please contact me in writing with details of any
complaint you wish to make.  I will then arrange

for your complaint to be dealt with through our usual internal complaints
process.  If you are then still unhappy you may

Complain to the Information commissioner who will decide whether the
request has-been handled properly.  Please note
that the Information commissioner cannot generally make a decision unless
our complaints process has first been
exhausted.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at The
Information Commissioners' Officer, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 AF 

Yours sincerely,

Lisa Greathead
Information Officer
Town Hall
Queens Road
Hastings
TN34 1QR
01424 451066
E Mail: [email address]

Start of Request for Information

    1. Provide the number of qualified social workers supplied through
     recruitment agencies, analysed by Children and Adult services
    
     2. Provide information on the number of in-house residential units,
     day care centres and supported living settings currently using
     agency care / support workers, their locations, also analysed by
     Children’s and Adult Services
    
     3. Advise which of question 2 are expected to be closed in 2012?
    
     4. Provide an organogram showing the Social Services Departments
     within the Council

Children and Adult Services is dealt with by East Sussex County Council
Social Services, please visit their website for further information
[1]www.eastsussex.gov.uk

End of Request for Information
Please note:
This information is copyrighted to Hastings Borough Council and is
supplied for your personal use only. Except as permitted under the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the information supplied may not
be copied, distributed, published, or exploited for commercial purposes or
financial gain without the explicit written consent of Hastings Borough
Council.

We do not give permission for this information to be used for the purposes
of direct marketing.

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Thank you for contacting us.

We aim to respond to requests for information within 20 working days, in
accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. 

If your request is for personal information your request will be dealt
with according to the requirements of the Data Protection Act and the
timescale for response may be extended to 40 days.

The Freedom of Information area on our website, [1]www.hastings.gov.uk,
can be accessed via a 'Quick Hit' direct link from the site's home page
and contains advice about how to make a request for information.

Information about all our services, including contact details, location,
and links to information published by services on the site, is available
in the A to Z of Services area which can also be accessed via a 'Quick
Hit' direct link from the site's home page.

With Kind Regards

Information Officer
Hastings Borough Council
01424 451066
[2]www.hastings.gov.uk

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As requested

Dear Movya Makambwe,

I refer to your recent request for information from this Authority.  Our
answer(s) to your questions are below.

I trust we have interpreted your request correctly, and this is the
information you required.

You have a right to make a complaint to us if you are not happy with any
aspect of the way we have handled your
request for information.  Please contact me in writing with details of any
complaint you wish to make.  I will then arrange

for your complaint to be dealt with through our usual internal complaints
process.  If you are then still unhappy you may

Complain to the Information commissioner who will decide whether the
request has-been handled properly.  Please note
that the Information commissioner cannot generally make a decision unless
our complaints process has first been
exhausted.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at The
Information Commissioners' Officer, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 AF 

Yours sincerely,

Lisa Greathead
Information Officer
Town Hall
Queens Road
Hastings
TN34 1QR
01424 451066
E Mail: [email address]

Start of Request for Information

    1. Provide the number of qualified social workers supplied through
     recruitment agencies, analysed by Children and Adult services
    
     2. Provide information on the number of in-house residential units,
     day care centres and supported living settings currently using
     agency care / support workers, their locations, also analysed by
     Children’s and Adult Services
    
     3. Advise which of question 2 are expected to be closed in 2012?
    
     4. Provide an organogram showing the Social Services Departments
     within the Council

Children and Adult Services is dealt with by East Sussex County Council
Social Services, please visit their website for further information
[1]www.eastsussex.gov.uk

End of Request for Information
Please note:
This information is copyrighted to Hastings Borough Council and is
supplied for your personal use only. Except as permitted under the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the information supplied may not
be copied, distributed, published, or exploited for commercial purposes or
financial gain without the explicit written consent of Hastings Borough
Council.

We do not give permission for this information to be used for the purposes
of direct marketing.

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